Descent of Man - Hardcover

T. C. Boyle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316104698 ISBN 13: 9780316104692

Publisher: Atlantic Little Brown, 1979

Synopsis

In these outrageous, hilarious stories by one of the most imaginative young writers of fiction today, Idi Amin presides over the Second International Dada Fair, the Yerkes chimp runs off with his female trainer, and a Norse poet tries to overcome bard-block

About this title

About the Author:

T. C. Boyle is the author of eleven novels, including World's End (winner of the PEN/FaulknerAward), Drop City (a New York Times bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award), and The Inner Circle. His most recent story collections are Tooth and Claw and The Human Fly and Other Stories.

From Publishers Weekly:

Depicting Lassie, Idi Amin, chimps and a Norse poet, "Boyle has X-ray vision when he considers the incongruities of the way we live and the things we do. He manages to find weak spots, capitalize on them, build from them wild and absurd stories that give a new dimension to black humor," observed PW .
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Little Brown
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0316104698
• ISBN 13: 9780316104692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 219